Jalousie clip



lune 57.1956 E. J. EADDY, SR

JALOUSIE CLIP Filed Aug. 3, 1953 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS United States Patent Oifice Patented June 5, 1956 JALOUSIE CLIP Ernest J. Eaddy, Sr., Spartanburg, S. C.

Application August 3, 1953, Serial No. 371,842

1 Claim. (Cl. 20-62) This invention relates to a jalousie clip.

An object of this invention is to provide a clip which can be easily and quickly secured to an end of a jalousie louver, whereby the jalousie louver may be moved to open or closed position.

Another object of this invention is to provide a clip which can be installed or removed without the use of tools.

A further object of this invention is to provide this clip with a louver holder adapted to be stamped out of sheet metal with a resilient louver clamping action and resilient locking member for holding the holder in the clip, and providing a semi-floating action to the louver due to the shape and resiliency of the holder.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the combination, arrangement and details of construction disclosed in the drawings and then more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a detailed rear elevation of a jalousie clip constructed according to an embodiment of this invention, showing the clip applied to one end of a jalousie.

Figure 2 is an outer end elevation of a clip.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral designates generally a conventional jalousie louver which may be formed of glass, metal or other suitable material.

In order to provide a means for rockably supporting the jalousie louver 10, I have provided a clip at each end of the jalousie louver 10, and this clip is formed of a relatively narrow front wall 11, and end wall 12, a lower or bottom wall 13 and a pair of spaced apart inwardly projecting rear walls 14 and 15.

An obliquely inclined lever arm 16 extends from the end wall 12 and is provided with an opening 17 for receiving a pivot element and is also provided with a second opening 18 for securing the lever arm 16 to a common operating link. The lower edge 19 of the jalousie louver 10 is adapted to bear against the bottom wall 13, and the jalousie louver 10 is resiliently secured to the clip by means of a longitudinally bowed spring generally indicated at 20. The spring 20 is formed with a substantially U-shaped intermediate portion 21 with a pair of outwardly divergent arms 22 and 23.

The arm 22 is adapted to engage beneath the rear wall 14 and the upper end of arm 22 is provided with a substantially right angular projection 24, which is engageable over the upper edge 25 of the jalousie louver 10. The inner end of the rear wall member 14 is provided with a notch 26 and resilient arm 22 has struck outwardly therefrom, a resilient locking tongue 27 which is engageable in the notch 26.

The lower end of the rear wall 15 is formed with a notch or cutout 28 within which a rearwardly projecting locking flange 29, carried by resilient arm 23 is adapted to engage.

In the mounting of the clip on the jalousie louver 10, the housing formed by walls 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 is slipped over an end of the jalousie louver 10. Locking member 20 is then moved outwardly from the inner end of the housing with flange or projection 24 engaging over upper edge 25 of jalousie louver 10. The locking member 20 is pressed downwardly at the outer or rear ends of the legs of the U-shaped member 21 and is then moved outwardly beneath the walls 14 and 15 until locking member 27 engages in keeper or notch 26 and locking member 29 engages in keeper or notch 28. The tension of resilient locking member 20 is such as to firmly hold the jalousie louver 10 within the housing so that the louver may be rocked or adjusted about the horizontal axis of opening 17.

What I claim is:

A jalousie clip for a louver comprising an elongated front plate, a right angularly disposed end plate integral with an outer edge of said front plate, a right angular bottom wall integral with said front plate, a pair of spaced apart rear plates extending right angularly from said end plate, a supporting lever arm extending obliquely from said end plate, one of said rear plates having a notch in the inner end thereof, the other said rear plates having a notch in the outer end thereof, and a releasable clamping member engageable between said pair of plates and the adjacent face of the louver, said clamping member comprising a resilient strip formed with an inwardly olfset intermediate portion, an outer right angular extension at one end of said strip engaging over an edge of the jalousie louver opposite from said bottom wall, a locking flange carried'by the opposite end of said strip engaging in said outer notch, and a locking tongue carried by said strip engaging in said inner notch.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,530,708 Loewenthal et al Nov. 21, 1950 2,635,306 Zankl Apr. 21, 1953 2,640,233 Silvers June 2, 1953 2,649,629 Baxter et al Aug. 25, 1953 2,726,426 Biggs Dec. 13, 1955 

